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The Wyoming Liberty Index provides a service to Wyoming citizens. It allows you quickly to discover whether your Senator and Representative in Cheyenne support liberty. We do the tedious research for you! See the index pages below, starting with the most recent year.
The Index also serves as a "How'm I doing?" check for current legislators, and reminds them (one hopes) to make liberty a prime consideration in their votes.
Just in case there are legislators who want to improve their support for liberty, we have a few suggestions.
The Indexes for the following legislative sessions are available:
| Legislature | Budget Session | General Session |
|---|---|---|
| 61st | 2012 | 2011 |
| 60th | 2010 | 2009 |
| 59th | 2008 | 2007 |
| 58th | 2006 | 2005 |
| 57th | 2004 | 2003 |
This graphic shows the spending trends for discretionary ("Type 3") spending over the past several bienniums. Yes, it has roughly tripled in 10 years. The 05-06 biennium alone saw an incredible 55% increase. Our so-called "conservative" legislature is spending money like there is no tomorrow. Needless to say, this does not help freedom.
The source for this information is a Legislative Services Office (LSO) study.
A discussion on methodology.
Find out your Representative and Senator.
The Wyoming Legislature website.
The Wyoming legislative leadership and committee assignments.
May, 2012: The 2012 Liberty Index was released early in May. This is one of the earliest releases we've ever made. Having a budget session didn't hurt, but having the new web based intake system helped a lot.
May, 2012: The Wyoming Liberty Index is now sponsored by Republic Free Choice, a 501 (c) (4) non-profit educational organization.
December, 2011: Bug fix! A bug in the category software erroneously put 118 bills for 2011 into two incorrect categories. 2011 spreadsheets and other material have been updated. Ratings and scores are not affected.
October, 2011: 2011 Index released, with many improvements.
September, 2010: 2010 Index released.
August, 2010: Wyoming Liberty Group takes over Wyoming Liberty Index, makes it a project. Thank you, Paul, for getting this started.
October, 2009: The final 2009 Index is published.
August, 2008: The final 2008 Index is published, along with a correction of the 2007 Index.
June, 2007: The final 2007 Index is published.
June, 2006: The final 2006 Index is published.
April, 2006: A preliminary 2006 Index is published.
October, 2005: The final 2005 Index is published.
July, 2005: Michael Hendricks comes on board, to help with rating bills.
February 26, 2005: The Wyoming Liberty Index gets a dedicated web site.
February 12, 2005: The final 2004 Index is published.
January, 2005: Bryan Thompson comes on board, to help automate the bill processing.
August 9, 2004: Wyoming Liberty Index cited in the Casper Star-Tribune.
Summer 2004: Wyoming Liberty Index cited in the Casper Journal voter's guide. (Article no longer on line, 2012-02-02.)
Other favorite quotes on Liberty
The following are a few web sites also concerned in one way or another with liberty in Wyoming.
Contact info (includes some background on Wyoming Liberty Index associates).
All the material in the Wyoming Liberty Index website is copyrighted. The author however grants everyone unconditional right to copy and distribute unmodified results or text from this site. To copy and distribute modified results (i.e., results derived from re-ranking bills in the spreadsheets) requires prior permission.
